Portuguese-American actor

Joaquim de Almeida

Joaquim António Portugal Baptista de Almeida is a Portuguese actor. He began his film career playing a role in the 1982 action film The Soldier, and later achieved recognition for playing Andrea Bonanno in the 1987 Italian film Good Morning, Babylon. He achieved international fame with his portrayals of Félix Cortez in the 1994 thriller Clear and Present Danger and Bucho in the 1995 action thriller Desperado. Several years later, he became popular for playing Ramon Salazar on the Fox thriller drama series 24, between 2003 and 2004, and Hernan Reyes in the 2011 film Fast Five, a role he reprised in 2023's Fast X.

Born

1957

March 15

Died

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1950s

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1957 Born

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What else happened on this day, through history

-474 Roman consul Aulus Manlius Vulso celebrates an ovation for concluding the war against Veii and securing a forty years' truce.
-200 The Roman Republic under its new consuls Publius Sulpicius Galba and Gaius Aurelius Cotta declares war on Philip V of Macedon, starting the Second Macedonian War.
-44 The assassination of Julius Caesar, the dictator of the Roman Republic, by a group of senators takes place on the Ides of March.
351 Constantius Gallus is elevated as Caesar and then sent to Antioch to govern the Roman East.

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The world in 1957

When Joaquim arrived

april 11 United Kingdom agrees to Singaporean self-rule.
april 24 Suez Crisis: The Suez Canal is reopened following the introduction of UNEF peacekeepers to the region.
april 30 Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery enters into force.
april 6 The flag carrier airline of Greece for decades, Olympic Airways, is founded by Aristotle Onassis following the acquisition of "TAE - Greek National Airlines".

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Benjamin R. Jacobs 1879–1963 American biochemist (born 1879) Bob Wilber 1928– American clarinetist and saxophonist (died 2019) Emil von Behring 1854–1917 German physiologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1917) Eva Longoria 1975– American actress Frances Conroy 1953– American actress Harold Baines 1959– American baseball player Harry James 1916–1983 American trumpet player and actor (born 1916) Jai Courtney 1986– Australian actor Jannik Hansen 1986– Danish ice hockey player

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Osama bin Laden 1957–2011 Saudi Arabian terrorist, founded al-Qaeda (died 2011) Ade Edmondson 1957– English comedian and musician Ben Howland 1957– American basketball player and coach Bill Cartwright 1957– American basketball player and coach Bill Cowher 1957– American football player, coach, and analyst Bret Hart 1957– Canadian wrestler Bryan Robson 1957– English footballer and manager Chalermchai Sitthisart 1957– Thai military officer, 40th Commander-in-chief of the Royal Thai Army Charlie Brandt 1957–2004 American serial killer (died 2004)

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